William Leighton Carss

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William Leighton Carss

William Leighton Carss (born February 15, 1865 in Pella , Marion County , Iowa , †  May 31, 1931 in Duluth , Minnesota ) was an American politician . Between 1919 and 1929 he represented the state of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives twice .

Career

In 1867, William Carss moved to Des Moines with his parents . There he attended public schools. He then studied engineering . In the following years he worked in this branch. In 1893 Carss moved to Proctor , Minnesota. There he worked in locomotive construction.

Politically, he was a member of the Union Labor Party at the time, from which the Farmer-Labor Party emerged. In the 1918 congressional elections, he was elected as their candidate in the eighth constituency of Minnesota in the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC , where he succeeded Clarence B. Miller on March 4, 1919 . Since he was defeated by the Republican Oscar Larson in the 1920 elections, he was only able to complete one term in Congress until March 3, 1921 . During this time, the 18th and 19th amendments to the constitution were passed there. It was about the ban on alcohol trafficking and the nationwide introduction of women's suffrage .

In 1924 Carss was re-elected to Congress as a candidate for the Farmer-Labor Party. So he was able to replace Oscar Larson on March 4, 1925. After being re-elected, he was able to spend two more legislative terms in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1929. In both 1928 and 1930 he lost to William Pittenger in the congressional elections . After the end of his time in Congress, William Carss worked again in locomotive construction in Proctor. He died on May 31, 1931 in Duluth.

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